lower respiratory tract smear
— Noun
– English
~ any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs
liner train
— Noun
– English
~ a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
Link trainer
— Noun
– English
~ an early form of flight simulator
legal transfer
— Noun
– English
~ the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
loan translation
— Noun
– English
~ an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
Lake Trasimenus
— Noun
– English
~ a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius
Lateran Treaty
— Noun
– English
~ the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
lead tree
— Noun
– English
~ low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
laurel-tree
— Noun
– English
~ small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
lemonwood tree
— Noun
– English
~ source of a tough elastic wood
lemonwood tree
— Noun
– English
~ South African evergreen having hard tough wood
lemon tree
— Noun
– English
~ a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
litchi tree
— Noun
– English
~ Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
linden tree
— Noun
– English
~ any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
lime tree
— Noun
– English
~ any of various related trees bearing limes
lime tree
— Noun
– English
~ any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
lacquer tree
— Noun
– English
~ small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
lancewood tree
— Noun
– English
~ source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
large-leaved cucumber tree
— Noun
– English
~ large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base